Bendigo landlord ordered to pay $3114.60 for not enforcing tenant cleanup
A court found a landlord responsible. A tenant stored prohibited goods there for over two years.
Llewellyn & Napier Investment Pty Ltd rented a property on Calder Highway to a tenant in September 2024. Within two months, council officers found the tenant storing vehicles, tyres and other goods that breached planning rules.
There were repeated warnings. An enforcement order from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal required removal by February 27, 2026.
But the goods stayed. The tenant was fined $5000 without conviction.
The court said the landlord was less responsible than the tenant. Yet property owners still have responsibility for breaches on their land.
The company must pay council's legal costs of $3114.60.
- $3114.60
- Landlord legal costs
- $5000 without conviction
- Tenant fine
- 5528 Calder Highway, Big Hill
- Property address
- September 2024
- Lease start
Why it mattersCourts are showing that landlords share responsibility when tenants break planning rules. Owners cannot stay passive.
AustraliaBendigo property owners are on notice that magistrates will order them to cover council costs when tenants violate regulations.
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 9 d ago
